While I was out of town over the holidays, I heard that my friend who was riding my horse for me went on a hack with two other horses, who always jig and bounce around, and my horse apparently joined in, practicing her airs above the ground. Now my horse is usually foot perfect even when other horses misbehave (or when cows run up to the fence -- all bets are off then), and when she was young, I worked hard on training her not to do that. I thought, oh dear, will she need boot camp now that I'm back as she's working out how to take advantage of her rider. I saw my friend yesterday and asked what happened. She said the two other horses lost their sh *8 t at the sounds of construction when going past the neighbours building a new garage. One of the riders dismounted, thinking it would be better to lead her mare. Once past the garage, she attempted to remount. Meanwhile, the other horse believed that the rider's request to stand still and wait for her friend to get back on board really meant rear, her rider explaining that the horse doesn't stand on hacks. That rider kept the horse moving back and forth, but the mares are terribly pair-bonded and the one whose rider had dismounted went nuts, thinking her best mate in the world was leaving her. That caused the other to get even more upset. One of the mares spun into my horse, who likes her personal space and gets angry when out of control horses crash into her. That's the point where she melted down and started leaping about. My rider decided discretion was the better part of valour and turned her up the road for a solo ride in the opposite direction. Away from the chaos, she was fine. I should have given my horse the benefit of the doubt. Turned out she didn't so much want to join the party as leave it, quite justifiably. No boot camp needed.
01-06-2018, 07:16 PM
Some times they are not wrong
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